introducing my sewing assistant: Phoebe
Pattern Description: Self Drafted 8 Gored Skirt
What did you particularly like or dislike about the pattern? Since I’ve made this pattern once before I used the same pattern. What I didn’t like was that I forgot to account for the thickness and heaviness of the fabric for the second skirt so the skirt is really tight in the hips.Fabric Used: Medium-Heavy weight blue denim
Pattern Alterations or any design changes you made: It was actually DH’s idea to make the skirt wrong side out. I sewed the wrong sides together so that it would unravel on the right side of the skirt. All seams including the hem were topstitched to control were the unraveling would stop. I also sewed the waistband on the wrong side together so that selvedge edge is actually on the outside of the skirt instead of the inside. The end resulted in a reversible skirt that will be worn again in a couple of weeks as if it were new. I will just sew a piece of fabric hiding the zipper.
Would you sew it again? After I make draw another pattern accounting for ease in a heavier fabric, yes.
Would you recommend it to others? Yes
Conclusion: The total time it took to make this skirt including washing, drying, ironing, cutting & sewing was 7 hours to make this skirt last Saturday to wear to a family function that night. (9am - 4pm, function started at 6pm) This was only because of the extra things that was done like the topstitching and putting the seams on the outside of the skirt. My recommendations is to pin a few pieces together to get yourself used to the idea of sewing wrong sides together. Drafting the skirt takes around 45 minutes, that’s the skirt piece, waistband, godet and adding hem and seam allowances. To determine the length of the godet, decide where on your body you would like for your skirt to begin to flare. In my case I choose at the knee. Use a yard skirt and measure from your knee to the floor you have y measurement. You’ll need to add the hem allowance on the bottom of this piece.
